April 2025

Damage to classrooms at the Riverlea High School after a fire. 1 minute The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has urged the provincial Education Department to swiftly repair the Riverlea High School. This comes after a fire destroyed 11 classrooms at the school on Monday. The DA has cited a similar incident at the Lancea Vale Secondary School in Eldorado Park last year. The party is demanding accountability and prompt restoration of the affected facilities. DA Shadow MEC for Education…

1 minute Senior Counsel Advocate Dali Mpofu is before the Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practice Council in Pretoria. Mpofu faces seven charges of alleged misconduct. Live stream below:

1 minute The re-opened inquest into the death of former African National Congress (ANC) President, Chief Albert Luthuli under way in the Pietermaritzburg High Court in KwaZulu-Natal. Live stream below:

A forensics team is seen at the scene where the bodies of three missing SAPS constables were discovered at the Hennops River in Centurion in this image captured on 29 April 2025. 2 minutes Police are still searching for the vehicle in which three deceased officers had been travelling. Bodies of SAPS constables, 24-year-old Constable Cebekhulu…

Accused number three in the Joshlin SMith kidnapping trial, Kelly Smith, who is Joshlin’s mother, is seen in court on 12 March 2025. 1 minute The Joshlin Smith kidnapping case is expected to resume today after the lawyer representing accused number one, Jacquen Appollis, argued that the state was basing its case on the evidence of Lourentia Lombard. Fannie Harmse yesterday told…

SASSA office in Bellville 2 minutes The 11 accused in the R260 million South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) fraud case will be back in the Lenasia Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg on the 10th of June to continue their bail application. They are facing more than 1 000 charges related to fraud and theft. The…

Advocate Dali Mpofu. 1 minute Senior counsel Advocate Dali Mpofu will this morning appear before an Independent Disciplinary Committee of the Legal Practice Council (LPC). He has to answer to charges of alleged misconduct before the body, which is mandated to set norms and standards as well as regulate the professional conduct of legal practitioners….

Car in an accident 1 minute Gauteng Roads and Transport MEC Kedibone Diale-Tlabela says traffic officers will remain vigilant after Minister Barbara Creecy released the 2025 Easter road fatalities statistics yesterday. The figures show a 32% overall decline nationwide. Gauteng recorded a significant reduction from 52 road fatalities in 2024 to 22 in 2025. The…

1 minute The trial into the kidnapping and trafficking of seven-year-old Joshlin Smith under way at the Western Cape High Court sitting in Saldanha Bay on the Cape West Coast. Live stream below: